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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
CHANDIGARH, FEB 13
At least half-a-dozen sporadic incidents of clashes and skirmishes, including two firing episodes, between supporters of various political parties marked polling in Punjab today. The tentative poll percentage for all 17 districts is around 65.Voting was held for 116 seats.
While one firing incident took place in the Gidderbaha in Muktsar, the other was at Behlolpur village in the Fatehgarh Churian, Gurdaspur. Some persons received injuries. The police has registered two cases of poll-related violence, one against the Punjab Finance Minister, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, and the other against Mr Sidhant Rinwa, son of the state BJP President, Mr Brij Lal Rinwa.
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